Weather Records on 11 January 1950

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1950. Highest significance: Olga 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1950

On 11 January 1950, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 414 daily.
Olga 2 SE set a daily record snowfall of 11.9 cm (4.7 in) on 11 January 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 11 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kipahulu 258	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Girvan Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 11 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 11 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1950

Top 20 records on 11 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1950	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Somerset, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Riddle, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Armagh, GB	daily high max	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Carson City, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Ai-Petri, UA	all-time low max	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Talent, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Masset Airport, CA	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Grants Pass, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1950	McCall, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1950	Oxford, GB	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1950	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1950	Liepaja, LV	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1950	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 420 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	341
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1